Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support
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1. An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to;
discover a set of wireless local area networks (WLANs);
identify a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE; and
select a WLAN from among the set of WLANs based on one or more WLAN selection criteria associated with the WLANSP rule.
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Abstract
Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support are described. In one embodiment, for example, an evolved packet core (EPC) node may comprise a processor circuit to implement an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) according to a management object that includes a branch comprising one or more policies to select a wireless local area network (WLAN), the processing circuitry to receive capabilities information and location information for a user equipment (UE) and determine access network information for the UE based on the capabilities information and the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to; discover a set of wireless local area networks (WLANs); identify a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE; and select a WLAN from among the set of WLANs based on one or more WLAN selection criteria associated with the WLANSP rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
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send an access network information request over an S14 interface connection; receive access network information over the S14 interface connection in response to the access network information request; and select a wireless local area network (WLAN) based on the access network information and on a plurality of WLAN selection criteria specified by a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule defined in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to; select a wireless local area network (WLAN) from among a plurality of discovered WLANs based on a set of WLAN selection criteria, the set of WLAN selection criteria contained in a selection criteria sub-branch of a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) branch of an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE; and establish connectivity to a packet data network (PDN) via the selected WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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